Card-index directory



' L; BACHRACH.

CARD INDEX.DIRECTORY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-23,1919- 1,351,730. PatentedSept. 7, 1920 YLEOPOLD BACI-IBACI-I, 'oFNEw'YoaK, n. Y.

CARD-INDEX DIRECTORY;

v To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, LEOPQLD BaonnAo a, a citizen of the United States, and resident the accompanying drawings, and this. em-

qa a wi esfte 76 Ke l i Application filed December 20, 1919. SeriaLNo. 346m. 1

Specification of Letters Patent. Pettentd 's epfi. '7, 1 920. i

scribed with reference thereto, and the. in

vention 'will,be finally pointed out in the claims.

clamped the hooked end 129' ot Ufsha'ped was th ..heeki x ae a W zi ers a.

of the borough of Manhattan, in the city, In the .accompaying drawings, Figure 1 is 5 county, and State ofNew York, have ina front elevationof a telephone, showing vented certain new and ,useful Improve- I one embodiment of my invention attached 1 ments in Card-Index Directories, of which thereto. i f ,the following is a-speciiication. i gFigfQ is a side view of the. device. The present invention relates to improve- 'Fig. 3- is afront elevation of the device 10 ments in card index directories,"parti cuand showing one of the cards exposed. i 1 larly for attachment to telephones, and ig. l is a side view of the device in the adapted to containin alphabetical arrangeposition illustrated'in Fig. 73 and showing l vment the names, exchangeaand numbers of in. dottedlines the mannerjof inclining the j certain selected subscribers, which the user exposed card to be better observed. I

15. wishes to, have befoi'ehimwithout theneces- Fig. 5c is a vertical longitudinal sectional sity of consulting the telephone directory View of the supportingmeansiforlthe cards, book. The object of the invention istolp'rowith partsbroken away. vide such a device which will be of simple a Fig. 6 is asectional view of the supportandcompact construction, may be attached ing means taken along the line. '6 6 of 20 to the telephonewith facilityfand in aman- Fig. 5. ff y '7 her as! not to interfere withits operation, Fig. "7 is a front elevation ofa" modiand withwhich the desired number maybe fied form of construction. Y found readily. To this end, I propose to i '8'is a side view thereof with a per-- provide a plurality of indexed cards'sus- .tion broken away. 7 f v j ,i "80. 25 pended upon rings and adapted to be swung V 7 Similar reference characters indicatec'orabout said rings to expose the desired card, responding parts throughout the "several;v

the cards normallyinfront of this card be- 'figi1res of the-drawings. I 1 ing-swungabout the rings to therear of the Referri'ng' to the drawings, the embodi. .1 groupof cards. "I further propose to, p'roment of my invention shown therein com- 30: vide novel means for convenientlyireturnprises a' clamp adapted to'be securedjtotl-ie ingL all oftlie cards to initial or normal poi post .10 of the telephone!instrumentn and,

sition, that'is,vwith a .protective cover card, consisting of afpair'ofsemi-circular strap f i? ;;or with the first orFfA? card to the front 'meinberslland '12 providedfwith lug-s13 A further object is to provide such means by and 14c,'having screws 15 and '16 secured '90 35 which the exposed card may be incl-ined'so therethrough to tighten thesa-me in en age 7 as to better. meet thelineof vision of the fment' withithel telephonepost, oneo the? vuser, and therebyfe'nable him to give the lugs 14; being-extended laterally a s'fatfli17; operator the number with assurance, having j and having secured thereto by a rivet ,1-7 :7 :the number directly before him as he is'talkor othei 'suita'ble 1 means, a laterally extend;

ing, 1 furtherpropose gm enable the ca'rds ing shaft orrod 18,",screw}threaded at its to be readily. removed, replaced and-added outer end, and provided-.jwith a 'nut 19- :to, to "theend that the (namesmay' be type {screwed thereo and'constituti'ng' with the f 1. written nthe cards when removed,rand; f endofthe portion 17-1imiting abutments for ay be kept up-to-d'atefand'corrected as dea sleeve '20 rotatablyinounted, on the said wished. f; 1 .rod Y I .7 v l It is afi'urther objectaof my. invention to At the endsofthefsleeve there are fpro- Li rovide a form of vconstruction which will videdlupon slightly reduced portions 21-; and

{eliminate .to a greatex't entwear upon the 22'thereof, pairs :ofconcavo convex disks or t I .cards and which will-always maintain them washers 23,24,2and 25, 26, having their con- 105 50' in,superimposed alined position relatively cave sides faced to each other and tightly to eachother sothat 'thedevice always preclamped against the shoulders formed; by, y jisents a neat appearance, the reduced endportmns by'Qupsetting the lVithithese andlother objectj's in view, an ends of the sleeveas'at 27 and j geinbodimentiof my-invention is shown'in v -Btween the disks 23Tand 24therefis V I ducedportion 21 of the sleeve to holdthe.

frame securely to the sleeve, while registering cut-outs 31 and 32' are provided inthe peripheries of the disks embracing the frame to prevent turning movement thereof relatively to they disks, and at the .same time permit the peripheries of the diskto fit snugly againsteach other. I v

Between the disks 25 and 26 there is clamped the other end of the frame, the "same being extended above the disks however, and bent outwardly as at33 to form 'a handle, a rotatable knob 34being provided thereon. 'This end of the frame is made secure to the disks and sleeve by means of a humped portion 35 embracing the sleeve,

v and diametrically opposite pairs of regis- V peripheries ofthe disk.

tering cutouts 36, 37, and 38,89, in 'the {The lower end of the frame is providedwithan upwardly bent reentrant portion 400 inverted'V shape'and bent slightly I forwardly, so that its apex engages the in 1 d ex cards, constituting a lifting or support ing finger, as will presently more'fully 'appear." r

1 ""Upon the sleeve betwee t l f h constitute end flanges, there are disposed a f V pair of split rings 41, 42, which may be of anyi'suitable type to enable theengagement of loose cards therewith. A plurality of index cards 43, perforated as at 44, '45,to

d engage the rings 41 and 42, are supported Within the frame, their lower ends being 'v relatively near the'lower en d of the U frame, and below the upper end of'the finger por- 'tion 40. The cards are'provided at oneside 1 edge with lettered index tabs 46, offset rela-. ti'vely to each other, soithat they are all jexposed to view, the cards being suitably i- Fruled preferably at bothfsides and desigv .nated to receive jsired. 7 H V. I i The A or first index card'is preferably beingyof heavier-or, more "durable material l-andbeinginthe nature of a cover or prothe second card of' the group,the first card tective card. It may, if desired, contain ad-' ".vertising matter. I The disksat the ends of the sleeve constitute 'abutments to limit the V ISide movement of the cards, so that-their -'edges willnot comejinto contact with the sides of the frame 13. V

a When it is desired to ascertain a number, I thedesired card is selected by means of: the index tabs, and the cards forwardly'of the same are swung about the rings 41, 42, to

the rear of the frame, as indicated' in, Figs.

I 3 and 4.-Th e,fr'aine may, if desired,' be

tilted upwardly into inclined position by means"of' thehandle, as shown=in dotted ,lines inFig. in order tobring the exposed qcard substantially at right angles to the line V l'of vision of the-user, and thereby make the reading of the number while using the tele-.

names and numbers as dee number'has'been found,.the cards may be returned to normal position withthe cover orprotective card foremost byswinging the frame forwardly in the direction of the ar- .phone more convenient- When the desired row, Fig. 4, through a completeoircle, there- 7 hisoperation is extremely simple, and inasmuch as the cards need not behandled, they will be less subject to wear than otherwise. The split rings enable the cards by placin' all of the cards'forw'ardly of the i frame.

to be conveniently removed and replaced,

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have illustrated a modified form of construction, and in which form" the device is adapted for more general use as an index, although it will bev understoodv that in this form it may be placed in proxthan thesupporting frame may be incorporated if desired in the form of device where it is attached directly upon a telephone; .Re V

ferring to these figures the shaft 47 is mountimity" to telephone and be used as a tele- 4 phone index, or the'modified featuresother e ed at its ends in bearings 48 and49 vided at the upper end-ofa supporting frame structure having a relatively wide and heavy base portion '50- and inverted V' shaped the shaft 47 there is rotatably mounted a side portions 51 and 52, the base being of I such dimension and weight as to prevent the device from 'being'easily toppled over. U'pon I vsleeve 53 having rigidlyconnected-thereto' atits ends afra'm'e 54 in a similar mannerto if theeonnection' of the framex30 inthe form ofthe device, shown in Figs. l'to 6, the handle "55, howeverfbeing in the form of a knob having its longitudinal axis in line with the.

axis of the side portion of the frame, sothat withoutinterfere'nce of the knob with, the

side portion'52 of thesupporting frame. Y I At each side of the center of the sleeve .53 [thereareprovidedpairs of spaced flanges. V

the frame may be completely swung; around 56 bretweenwhichlthe ie arei e p I At the*lower en -{Of he frame '54"there,is

prov'idedan upwardly bent 'reentrant por- V tion 63 of inverted V shape engaging the cards at'the rear and constituting a lifting or supporting finger. The finger 63 is first 'jbent upwardly asat64'in the plane of the frame 54, rearwardly and inclined down 7 wardly'slightly therefrom as at 65to form 'a'shelf upon which the lower ends of the e "cards may be supportedand upwardly a ar-1 -66 to' engage the "cards at their rear side.

By thus supporting the cards the weight of the same is normally removed from the rings so that wear upon the same at their perforated portions is relieved to a great extent. Inasmuch as the cards are restricted against lateral movement, the corners and the lettered tabs will not come in contact with the frame 54 and will therefore be protected against damage by such contact with the frame.

The device according to my invention is simple and inexpensive in construction, easy to attach to a telephone, is compact and inconspicuous, will not interfere with the operation of the telephone and is efficient and practical in use.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embodiment of my invention, but it is'obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

,I claim:

1. An index device comprising a shaft support, a frame rotatably mounted on said shaft support, a plurality of index cards suspended within said frame and engaged at their rear by said frame, said cards adapted to be individually swung about said shaft to bring the cards normally forwardly of the card to be exposed rearwardly of said frame, said frame adapted upon being rotated in one direction about said shaft to I place all of the cards forwardly thereof.

forwardly of the card to be exposed rearwardly of said frame, a handle on said frame for rotating the' same, saidframe adapted upon rotation in one direction to place all the cards forwardly thereof.

8. An index device comprising a shaft support, a frame rotatably mounted on said shaft support, a plurality of index cards suspended within said frame, said frame being provided with a finger portion engaging the rear of said cards, said cards adapted to be individually swung about said shaft support to bring the cards normally forwardly of the card to be exposed rearwardly of said.

frame, said frame adapted upon being rotated in one direction about said shaft to place all the cards forwardly thereof.

4. An index device comprising a shaft support, a sleeve rotatably mounted on said 7 support, a' frame rigidly connected to said sleeve, said sleeve and frame adapted to be rotated about said shaft support, a plurality of index cards suspended within said frame,

and engaged at their rear by said frame,

strument, an index device comprising a clamp secured to said instrument, a laterally extending shaft supported by said clamp, a

. frame rotatably mounted on said shaft,'a

plurality of index cards suspended vertically within said frame and engaged at their,

rear by said frame, said. cards adapted to be individually swung about said shaft to bring the cards normally forwardly ofthe card to be exposed rearwardly of said frame, said frame adapted upon being rotated in one direction about said shaft to place all the cards forwardly thereof.

6. An index device comprising a shaft support, a frame rotatably mounted on said shaft support, a plurality of index cards suspended within said frame and engaged at their rear by said frame, said cards adapted to be individually swung about said shaft to bring the cards normally forwardly of the card to be exposed rearwardly of said frame, said frame adapted upon being rotated in one direction about said shaft to place all of they cards forwardly thereof, and means for preventing lateral movement, of said cards within said frame.

7 An index device comprising a shaft support, a frame rotatably mountedonsaid shaft support, a plurality of index cards suspended within said'frame, said frame be ing provided witha finger portion engag ing the rear of said cards, said finger portion having a part bent to engage the lower 7 ends of said cards, saidcards adapted to be individually swung about said shaft support to bring the cards normally forwardly of the card to be exposed rearwardly of said frame, said frame adapted upon being rotated in one direction about said shaft to place all the cards forwardly thereof. I

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my invention I have signed my name.

,LEoPoLD BAcHRAoH; l 

